AFRICA, 
iniquitous morality, I affumed another tone, 
^nd, with all the energy that an honeft man is 
capable of difplaying when Leated by paffion, 
I gave him to underfland what a rafcal 1 thought 
him. To this he made no anfwer ; but order- 
ed his Haves to colled: all my oxen, and con- 
dud them to another plantation of the gover- 
nor's, a league diftant. I could then no longer 
contain my indignation 5 and clapping my 
double-barrelled fufee to my flioulder, I de- 
clared aloud, that if any man dared fo much 
as to touch one of my animals, I would imme- 
diately blow out his brains. 
This threat had the defired effed:* The 
baas and his flaves, equally intimidated, re- 
mained quiet, v/ithout daring to ftir. In this 
attitude I left them ; and, while they fcarcely 
ventured to move, I ordered my writing- box 
to be brought, that I might inform the fifcal 
of what had happened, telling Swanepoel at 
the fame time, to take one of my horfes and 
proceed to the Cape with my letter. Upon 
hearing the word fifcal, the overfeer began to 
tremble : he was afraid that, fhould my com- 
plaint reach his mafter, he might be deprived 
pf his place. He begged me, therefore, to 
countermand 
